With Zach Senyshyn out for four weeks, Bruins call up Trent Frederic

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BRIGHTON, Mass. — The Bruins are again digging deeper into their forward reserves as Zach Senyshyn will be out at least four weeks with a suspected knee injury suffered in Tuesday night’s loss to the Florida Panthers.

The 22-year-old Senyshyn had actually played pretty well since his call-up, with two points in four games and had generated some third-line chemistry with Anders Bjork, but that was all wiped away when he was done for the game early in the second period against Florida. With Senyshyn done for at least a month and David Backes, Jake DeBrusk and Brett Ritchie also among the walking wounded up front, the B’s promoted 2016 first-round pick Trent Frederic to Boston for his first stint this season.

The 21-year-old Frederic is off to a bit of a slow start with the P-Bruins this season with five assists in 15 games along with a whopping 40 penalty minutes this year. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound Frederic, who has played 15 career NHL games in Boston over the last few seasons, brings some needed size and muscle up front with both Backes and Ritchie currently missing from the lineup, and also gives the Bruins some versatility with his ability to play center or a power forward spot on the wing.

The injury news is par for the course right now for the Black and Gold as they prepare for an important Friday night game against the rival Maple Leafs in Toronto, and are missing some key components from their roster with an assortment of injuries a month into the season.

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